Charity Sustainability: Securing Your Future (WATCH NOW)

Please note: This is not a live event. This is a recorded workshop that ticket holders can watch immediately and return to as often as they like. The date/time shown reflects the final date the recording will be available to view. Access instructions are included in your order confirmation and summarised at the bottom of this page.

BUILDING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY — NOT JUST SURVIVING YEAR TO YEAR

A practical workshop for charities that want greater financial resilience, stability, and confidence about the future.

Many charities are operating in a far more uncertain financial environment than they were even a few years ago. Rising costs, pressure on public funding, and increasingly cautious donors have exposed how vulnerable many organisations are to external shocks.

This workshop is designed to help charities step back and look honestly at their long-term financial position. Rather than focusing on short-term fixes, it explores how charities can strengthen their foundations, reduce risk, and make more deliberate decisions about income, reserves, and sustainability.

The focus is not on fear or worst-case scenarios — but on giving charities practical tools to plan more confidently for the future.

WHAT THIS WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON

This session takes a clear, realistic look at what sustainability actually means for charities of different sizes.

You’ll work through:

• Understanding the current financial pressures on charities
  How wider economic conditions are shaping income, costs, and funding availability.
• Diversifying income in sensible ways
  Exploring options that reduce over-reliance on single funding sources.
• Building and protecting financial reserves
  Why reserves matter, how to approach them proportionately, and common misconceptions.
• Strengthening financial planning and oversight
  Practical steps to improve decision-making and long-term thinking.
• Using partnerships and support strategically
  How collaboration and external support can contribute to sustainability.

Throughout the workshop, the emphasis is on realistic planning, not unrealistic growth targets or risky assumptions.

WHO THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR

This workshop is particularly suited to:

• Charity leaders and managers
• Trustees with responsibility for long-term viability
• Fundraisers looking to reduce financial risk
• Anyone involved in financial planning or oversight

It is relevant whether your charity is stable but cautious, or feeling financially stretched and unsure what comes next.

HOW THIS WORKS

This workshop has been pre-recorded.

Once you purchase a ticket, you can access the recording immediately via the Online Event Page. You can also use the “View Links” button on your e-ticket to reach the same page. The workshop remains available to watch until the event’s listed closing date.

Ticket sales close 48 hours before the workshop closes to ensure ticket holders have time to watch.

For questions about this event, please email: events@thirdsectornetwork.co.uk

Call Third Sector Network on: 01509 731 971